TasteaPho

Great food. 4.5 stars for our visit. This restaurant has great potential. The half stars different is they need to improve on the wait for the food. It takes some time of wait for the food after order. Other than, they are perfect on taste. We got beef chow fun. Their beef chow fun is the best for the Bay Area. I am recommending this dish if you visit this restaurant. They have good even spread of sauce to the noodles. The second dish we have is the handmade dumplings in chili oil. I also like this dish due to the dumplings is big and the infill meat make very well. The last dish grill pork vermicelli. Overall the taste is excellent. I don't mind to wait when the taste is good. I think the chef has a very good Hong Kong style cooking even though they serving pho as main item in the menu.

Let's start with the wait time - an excruciatingly long hour and ten minutes before my order even graced the table. Yes, you read that correctly. Over an hour just to receive my food, and this wasn't some gourmet, slow-cooked masterpiece. It was a simple order of pho and dim sum, for crying out loud. I could have grown my own vegetables and raised my own cattle in the time it took for them to slap together a few ingredients.And when my order finally did arrive, it was wrong. Not just a minor oversight, mind you, but a complete botching of my request. I specifically asked for two pho, one combination and one combination with spicy broth. My daughter who has strep throat wanted some pho and I got absolutely nothing because my order was wrong. You just screwed over a kid. It's as if they took my order, crumpled it up, and tossed it straight into the garbage without a second thought.To add insult to injury, the service was abysmal. The staff seemed more interested in short orders of customers who came and went. It's as if they've never heard of the concept of efficiency or basic courtesy.In conclusion, save yourself the time, money, and frustration and avoid TasteTeaPho like the plague. There are plenty of other restaurants out there that actually value their customers and take pride in their food. Do yourself a favor and give this sorry excuse for a restaurant a wide berth. You'll thank me later.ShareSave

I needed good food when I was in the area and decided to try this place after finding on google maps. I an glad I did. The pho is incredible. The price is fair. The service was friendly. I am rarely in this part of town, but will definitely be coming back if I am.

I normally have to visit a new restaurant a couple of times and try different things on the menu before writing a review. In this case, I just happened to love everything that I ordered. I started having that feeling as soon as I saw the muddle teas on the menu. I had to ask the owner about them right away, and especially that Thai chili lychee tea that screamed at me from the menu. I like to find unique items and this was it. It's kind of made like a mojito except instead of lime and mint, the lychee and a little Thai chili pepper is mixed with a muddler in the glass. I loved it! It was not too sweet but had such a fresh taste of the lychee fruit and the pepper. It was a refreshing drink with a little kick. It was perfect. I would get it again. They had other wonderful flavors such as Berry, Cucumber, and Strawberry. I can't wait to try the berry tea.I didn't think it could get better than that, but then I tried the Pho Tai. This was a wonderful bowl of soup that was very comforting on a rainy day. I couldn't stop eating it. I think I even ate all the rice noodles. It was so delicious. It had jalapeno peppers on top which I don't normally eat raw but I did this time. It also gave the broth a little heat. I would have loved it even without the peppers. The broth was fresh and not too bold. It wasn't too sweet or too savory. It was just the right balance of flavors. I may be partial because I love all kinds of pho so you'll just have to try it for yourself. So the menu has a little of everything. They just opened less than a week ago so the menu will grow with the business. As of now they have a nice selection of food items as well as desserts such as bubble waffles, Chè, and Halo Halo. I was too full to even think about dessert but I will go back to try one of them next time. The boba tea menu also looks wonderful. No powder mixes are used in these tea drinks. There is a list of fresh fruit toppings as well as boba and jelly toppings. I also saw Vietnamese espresso drinks on the menu if you need your caffeine boost as well. I was so excited by all of this. I've been waiting for this restaurant to open for what seems like forever. It's finally open and I'm so happy it's near my neighborhood. It's in the shopping center on Lithia Pinecrest near Lumsden in Brandon/Valrico and next door to Hole in One Donuts. It's very clean and modern. They have a cute Instagram wall with swings for those picture moments. The owner was so welcoming and helpful. I think she's going to do very well. There's no doubt about that. I can't wait to go back.

1st visit to TASTEAPHO and have nothing but good things to say. We ordered Pho Tai (Thin sliced rare beef) and Pho Dac Biet (Rare steak, brisket, meatball, and tendon) both were equally GREAT! Those we accompanied by delicious Juicy Pork Dim Sum with Pineapple Boba Tea and Mango Yogurt. Our only critique would be that both of agree that we prefer our drinks thicker/colder (again - totally an individual choice). The flavor was spot on, made on demand, and a good portion. PS: Those stylized drink glasses are a terrific choice.We really enjoy the open kitchen lay-out - watching is have the fun. Will update upon return visit . . .

The banh mi is great! Fried tofu taste good, too! However, the yelp online ordering doesn't work well. For the second time, I have to call by phone.

Came in on Christmas Eve, was so happy they were open! We got Strawberry tea, dumplings and 2 BanhMis to go. They were so sweet they separated all the sandwich parts so it didn't get soggy on the way home. Everything was good. Will be back again and again.

We ordered pork noodle bowls, the pork was Burnt so badly we couldn't eat it. They did refund our money. I don't recommend this place.

Best pho I've had since moving to this area. Super rich and delicious broth with tender high quality meat. A ton of noodles, garnishes, and sauces provided. And the best part- so much food for the price! For a huge portion of pho and a giant delicious Thai tea my total was only around 20 dollars! I arrived a little early and the worker who greeted me was very friendly and quick to get me my food.

Great food! This was only our 2nd visit to TasteaPho. We enjoyed Chicken Chow Fun, Shrimp Pho, Combo Bahn Mi, Pork Soup Dumpling, and Chinese Sausage Sticky Rice. Each was delightful, but the sticky rice stood out as exceptional. They were fairly busy as it was Saturday about lunchtime. Our only criticism is that everyone received their entries at different times, making for an awkward meal.